Top 8 of 08: Music (Tracks/Albums)

Warning: This post sounds better than it reads.

Music has to be the biggest thing of 2008 for me. Making friends with His Whoreness and being introduced to the music blogosphere has had a large hand in that. Spending more time in Japan this year than 2007 and being exposed to the wonderful barrage of artists that visit these fair shores has too.

So, I figure some lists of music I happened to really enjoy this year is only fitting. Order is generally not important - it's hard enough to pick just 8 of each catgeory, let alone order them.
Bon appetit.

Top 8 "Non-Club" Songs

The Whip - Trash
The Kills - Cheep & Cheerful
Elbow - Grounds For Divorce
Portishead - Magic Doors
Jason Mraz - Details In The Fabric
Santogold - Say Aha
Ladytron - Ghosts
Grace Jones - William's Blood

Top 8 "Club" Songs

Utah Saints - Something Good 2008 (re-hash by Van She) [This could be seen as a remix, but I have enough of those and no-one actually remembers the original, so it counts]
Alex Gopher - Aurora
autokratz - Stay The Same
The Presets - My People
Kill The Noise - Hey You (Le Castle Vania Remix is actually better, but hey)
Le Castle Vania - Zero Machine
Fred Falke - Sanctuary
Fake Blood - Mars

Top 8 Remixes

Bjork - Dull Flame of Desire (Modeselektor's "For Girls" Remix)
The Whip - Muzzle #1 (Bloody Beetroots Remix)
Ladyhawke - Back of the Van (VanSheTech's Turbo Fire Engine Mix)
Hot Chip - Touch Too Much (Fake Blood Remix)
IAMX - Spit It Out (Designer Drugs Remix)
Justice - Phantom II (Boys Noize Unreleased Turbine Mix)
Mystery Jets - Two Doors Down (Duke Dumont Remix)
Sebastien Tellier - Sexual Sportswear (Sebastian Remix)

Top 8 Albums

Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours
The Whip - X Marks Destination
Sebastien Tellier - Sexuality
Danny Byrd - Supersize
South Central - Owl of Minerva
Santogold - Santogold
Portishead - Third
Jason Mraz - We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things

Honourable Mention:
Teenager - Thirteen
Does It Offend You Yeah? - You Have No Idea What You're Getting Yourself Into

May I now suggest that you go and find said music (perhaps on Youtube) and enjoy it.